Package structure and method of making the same



June 19, 1923.

H. DE ESCOBALES PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Sept. 1920 Patented June 19, 1923.

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4 UNITED STATES I 1,458,972. PATE T OFFICE.

'HI-LABION na nsconaans, or mew YORK, N. 1., Assienoa re a nscomnas co. inc...

or mw Yo'ax, ii. I, a CORPORATION or NEW roan.-

j .rncnen sraucr'oan AND un'rnon or mimic rim m Application filed September s, 1920. Serial no. 408,055.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, HILARION nn EsconALns, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of K ngs and State of New York, have invented certain new' and useful Improvements in Package Structures and Methods of Making the 'Same, of which the following is a speci- This invention relates toa package or container adapted to hold fragile articles,

such as cigarettes or the like and to the method of making the same, and has for its object the productionof a package that will maintain the contained articles in the form and condition given them when made and will become a oval shaped'cigarette's and desire that they retain that form when used, and that the endsof the cigarettes be kept intact. To accomplish these objects it is evident that the container should be somewhat rigid and that the end of the package be kept closed as far as possible.

Another object of the invention is to make the package and to fill it with the desired articles such'as cigarettes or the like in thechea est and most eflicieiit mannen' other objects of the invention parent as its nature and purpose are disc osed in the specification and in the accompanying drawings wherein- Fig. 1 is. aperspective view of a cigarette holder, a reenforcing strip and a transpar- These an em wrapper as they are brought into assembling position.

Fig. 2 is a like view of the same at the end of the first step in the assembling operation.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the inside i package; folded.

'Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the inner package before the end thereof is closed.

; Fig. 5 is a view showing the inner wrapper completely. folded. Fig. 6 shows the packa e of Fig. 5 and a sealing wrapper in asem ling position" be- 'apart 'as shown so that the fore the outside or sealin folded. wrapper m Fig. 7 shows the package of Fig. 5 and the outer or sealing wrapper before the sides of the latter are completely folded.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 showing the 816.68 of the sealing wrapper folded.

F g. 9 1s a view, partly in section, showmgrcigarettes completely wrapped.

1g. 19 is a view similar to Fig. 8 with the apphed revenue or trade stamp.

Similar reference characters designate likedparts throughout the several figures of the rawing.

1 designates the article of manufacture to be wrapped, in the resent instance cigarettes, a predetermi number fed to a plunger or pushier 2.

The plunger 2 is approximatel the size of the interior of the package an serves as a form about which the inner. wrapper is subsequently folded. It may be moved to the right in ig. 1 and carries the cigarettes toward a reenforciiig or protecti strip 8, preferably of stiff paper stock, 833% as cardoard, and then carries the strip 3 along with it toward a wrapper 4 of thin, preferably transparentpaper, or the wrapper 4 me. be moved to the left (Fig. 1) carrying wit it the reenforcing stri to the plunger and both wrapper and stripare wrap around the plunger and H01 arettes. F3 strip is positioned transverse y of the package as shown in Fig. 1 and its widthis about the same as the thickness of the package to be wrapped.

The strip 3 is provided with elliptical perforations 5, 6, which may be spaced P tions w lt be ptlirsitionfed at or near the corners o a pac age or a ose to be hereinafter set forth. The igs 4 comprising top and bottom portions 7, 8, and middle portion 9 is of rectangular formation and is placed lengthwise at right angles to the reinforcing strip. When the parts shown in Fig. 1 are brought together the top and bottom portions 7 and 8 are folded along the dotted lines 12, 13 and the reenforcing strip folded around the plun r. It will then be apparent that the close end 9 of the transparent wrapper 4, covers-th'e perforated portions 5, (i and thewrapper and, strip will enclose all but on elend of the plunger carrying the cigarettes.

having been The portions 10, 11 of the end 9 may be folded inwardly as shown in Fig. 2, forming edges 16, 17 and the top and bottom portions of the wrapper may then be folded along the dotted lines 18, 19, 20 and 21 respectively, the sides loosely overlap-ping as shown in Fig. 3.

At this stage in the wrapping the plunger may be withdrawn leaving the cigarettes in the package and the end portions 22, 23 of the strip 3 folded over the ends of the cigarettes. The corners 24, 25, 26 and 27 are then folded over the portions 22, 23 of the strip as shown in Fig. 4 and the ends 28, 29 folded along the lines 30, 31 forming the completed inner wrapped package shown in Fig. 5.

After the completion of the inner package as before described its folded end is brought into contact with the middle portion of an outer wrapper 32 of substantially the same width as the inner wrapper 4. The outer wrapper is then folded around the inner package as shown in Fig. 7. Sealing or adhesive material 33 of any desired composition is applied to a surface of the wrapper 32 and the top and bottom portions 35, 36 folded along the lines 37 and 38, the portions 39, 40 of the closed end are folded along the sides of the package 34 and the portions 42, 43, 44 and 45 respectively are folded along the dotted line portions shown in Fig. 6, similarly to the folding of corresponding portions of the inner wrapper.

Thewrapper 32 is of a length to cover one end, top, bottom and sides of the package, leaving one end protected only by the perforated reenforcing strip and its transparent cover.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art, that the consumer desiring to use the contents of the package would break that end of the package least protected. Accordingly, by tearing the corner of the inner transparent wrapper, which covers the perforations of the end strip, a Cigarette can readily be removed from the delivery end of the package without even breaking the revenue stamp or seal 50. The removal of a number of cigarettes from the delivery end of the package does not alter the general contour or shape of the original wrapper which remains intact until discarded. The shape of the cigarettes are protected by the stiff reenforclng strip and they may be removed from either or both corners of the package through the perforations.

While I have shown the preferred embodiment of my improved package and have indicated a method by which the same may be made, I do not lntend to be limited or restricted to the exact details disclosed but reserve to myself such modifications as may come within the scope of the claims.

Havin illustrated and described my invention, claim:

1. A package structure including a cover extending over the delivery end, and a narrow reinforcing strip extending around two sides and the delivery end of the package, the strip having a perforation at the delivery end sufficiently large to remove through it the articles in the package when the'cove'r over the perforation is perforated.

2. A package structure including a cover extending continuously over the delivery end and a stiff perforated reinforcing strip extending continuously around two sides and the delivery end of the package and folded over the other end, the perforation in the deli ery end being sufficiently large to remove through it the articles in the package when the cover is torn away.

3. A package structure including a trans parent cover extendin over the delivery end, and a perforate reinforcing strip around two sides and the delivery end of the package, the perforation being sufficiently large to remove through it the articles in the package and being visible through the transparent cover, whereby when the cover over the perforation is torn away the articles may be withdrawn from the package,

4. A package structure including a nars row reinforcin strip perforated at the delivery end of t e package, and a cover ex-- tending over the perforated portion of the strip, the strip extending around two sides and an end of the package to stiffen it and the cover being folded over the strip, whereby when the cover is perforated at the delivery end of the package the articles may be removed therefrom.

5. A cigarette package structure includ ing a narrow reinforcin strip extending around two sides and the elivery end of the packa e with a perforation in the delivery end 0 the package, and a transparent cover folded over the reinforcing strip whereby the perforations may be seen through the cover.

6. A package structure including a narrow reenforcing strip extendin around two sides and the delivery end of t e package, a cover folded over the reenforcing strip and a sealing wrapper-sealed to the cover on the sides and the other end leavin the delivery end of the package uncovered %y the sealing wrapper.

7 A package structure including a reenforcing strip extending around two sides and the delivery end of the package and a transparent wrapper cover extending thereover and a sealing wrapper sealed over the cover except at the delivery end of the package. I

8. The method of making a reenforced package for articles which consists in feedend of the package to the middle portion of mg the articles to the middle portion of a a sealing cover and bending the sealing cover 10 perforated reenforcing strip and a transover the packa e to form a closed end and parent wrapper, bending the strip and wrapfolding its si es' but leaving the delivery 5 per to enclose the articles, thus formin a end of the inner package uncovered by the closed delivery end to the package folding sealing cover as described. the wrapper and strip over the sides and In testimon whereof I aflix nay signature. 16 other end of the articles, then feeding this y HI ARION on ESC BALES. 

